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A Systematic Comparison of Two Host-Sourced Populations Suggests Tomato to be an Opportunistic Host for Orobanche cumana.
Plant disease - 1 Apr 2026
Zhao Nana, Ge Nan, Peng Wanli, Bolatihali Chuake, Qiang Sheng
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Orobanche cumana predominantly infects sunflower but often occurs in tomato fields in Xinjiang, China. However, it is suspected that the parasitic populations to those two host crops are different species or biotypes. The present study seeks to elucidate this issue through comparison of differences in morphology, genetics, and parasitic ability between populations from different host sources. A field survey...
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